Jeremiah 2:17

Jeremiah 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
• New International Version (NIV)Have you not brought this on yourselves by forsaking the Lord your God when he led you in the way?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the Lord your God When He led you in the way?

Context of Jeremiah 2:17

15The young lions have roared at him; they have roared loudly. They have laid waste his land. His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants. 16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also broken your skull. Have you not brought this on yourself by abandoning the Lord your God while he was leading you along the way? 18Now what will you gain by traveling along the way to Egypt to drink the water of the Nile? What will you gain by traveling along the way to Assyria to drink the water of the Euphrates? 19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognize how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.

Jeremiah 2:17 word by word

הֲלוֹא־זֹ֖את תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עָזְבֵךְ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ בְּעֵ֖ת מוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְ בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hast thou not procuredעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• whenעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• he ledיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• thee by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:17

• Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognize how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
• Jeremiah 4:18Your way and your actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. It is very bitter, because it has reached your heart!
• Leviticus 26:15if you reject my statutes and despise my ordinances, and do not observe all my commands — and break my covenant,
• Numbers 32:23But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
• Job 4:8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.
• Isaiah 11:4but he will judge the poor righteously and execute justice for the oppressed of the land. He will strike the land with a scepter from his mouth, and he will kill the wicked with a command from his lips.
• Hosea 13:9I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but me.
• Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves — cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.
• 2 Chronicles 7:19However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,
• Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.
• Psalms 77:20You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
• Psalms 78:53He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.
• Psalms 107:7He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.
• Psalms 136:16He led his people in the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The way - Either, the journey through the wilderness, or the way of holiness.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 14-19 Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyrian princes, like lions, prevailed against Israel. People from Egypt destroyed their glory and strength. They brought these calamities on themselves by departing from the Lord. The use and application of this is, Repent of thy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-22This review of Israel's history highlights the foolishness, violence, arrogance, and hopelessness of abandoning the true God to worship false pagan gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Literally, "Has not thy forsaking the Lord ... procured this (calamity) to thee?" So the Septuagint: the Masoretic accents make "this" the subject of the verb, leaving the object to be understood. "Has not this procured (it, that is, the impending calamity) unto thee, that hast forsaken?" &c. (Jr 4:18). led--(De 32:10). the way--The article expresses the right way, the way of the Lord: namely, the moral training which they enjoyed in the Mosaic…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings